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    4. IDespiseBananas on

      Why does Catalonia (or possibly Andorra) have their own time. But other microstates dont?

    6. sadlittlecrow1919 on

      Europe is a remarkably dull continent. Even Rome is less sunny than Boston or New York, and neither of those cities would be considered sunny by American standards.

      It’s why I always find it funny when Americans complain about grey weather in the winter – it’s really just the PNW and the Great Lakes region that is very dull in the winter, everywhere else is decently sunny. But I suppose it’s all down to what you’re accustomed to.

    7. Final_Hunt_3576 on

      Italy always seems to have remarkably little sunshine relative to other Mediterranean countries in a way that makes me wonder.

      Like yes the north and the Po valley gets its fog so it’s not that surprising, but I’m always surprised that somewhere like Genoa only gets 2200 hours a year when Nice gets 2700 and Marseille gets 2900 and Corsica to the south gets 2800. Either there is some methodological difference going on or something is really not working in Italy’s favour round there 

    8. PlatformZestyclose67 on

      Those numbers seem too low for some places and it doesn’t say anything about the used data/ climate reference period. Besides it doesn’t make sense too use a single station as a reference for each country, duration of sunshine is hard to measure and even worse to compare, as there are different methods(sensitivity) and the local topography can make a big difference, so using capitals is even worse since most stations are affected by built environment. That could add up too 200-300 hrs a year compared to a nearby place that has a free horizon.

    9. Glad_Forever1274 on

      I’m impressed how it’s sunnier in Northern Ireland than Ireland lol

    10. Attygalle on

      I have no idea how general this effect is but the region where I live has gotten over 20% more sunlight compared to the long term average, year on year for 5 of the past 6 years now and something like 9 out of the last 11 years. It’s partly climate change but mostly less pollution. A quick google search says this is the case for more places in the northern half of Europe. If we can keep the less pollution part up, it’s actually looking very good long term.

      It also means this map is probably very much outdated.

      A quick search shows that Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam all had hundreds and hundreds of sunshine hours more in 2025 than the map shows. And also that this is a long term trend.

    11. Moist-muff on

      I used to spend summers back home in Ireland. Wouldn’t get dark until 10pm.

    13. theWunderknabe on

      The maximum would be 4380 hours/year (12 hours per day on average).

      So this is also a map of cloud coverage in that sense.

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